ABC rebukes 'Grey's Anatomy' star for slur

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Right - but he was saying he never said it, which is different than using it in conversation, which I agree would be bad.

oh, I see. I misunderstood what you were saying.

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

It's true, there was one artist though that asked black people to stop doing this because he felt they were demeaning themselves which I think is true.

you know, I heard people talking about this last night and it got me to thinking it's totally true. no one should really be using the N word or faggot at all, black or gay or not. they both are such horrible words. I don't usually ever say faggot just because, after being called one for days on end at various times in my life, the word makes me sick. I may tell my friend "you're such a faggot" after he does something really gay, but that hardly ever happens.

just the other night on The Real Housewives of Orange County, two brothers were fighting and arguing and the younger brother called the older brother a faggot. I guess that was his way of "putting him down" - so, see...

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

just the other night on The Real Housewives of Orange County, two brothers were fighting and arguing and the younger brother called the older brother a faggot. I guess that was his way of "putting him down" - so, see...

i remember that scene! thank you for referencing the hos of OC.

i hate hearing kids use that word. if it were a racial slur, they would be corrected immediately!

[becca]

How about the thing where the coach tells the boy's football team that they looked like a bunch of girls out there? I've always found comments like that curious. It would be great if the next practice they showed up with purses and bows in their hair!

Some women call people dinks, pricks or dicks a lot. Okay, I have used prick myself on occaision. I don't think it's as bad as calling me the c word though for some reason, funny how we all have our readings of what is offensive. A lot of old songs mention being gay as a good and happy thing, and then for a long time it was not...

[Nixxxed]

Inappropriate language aside, I'm continually surprised that no one (media, I mean) is mentioning that there was also violence associated with this incident. And other incidents in Washington's past of violence against castmates.

He should have been fired, and arrested, for that alone.